老い耄れ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
老 耄
お
Grade: 4		 ぼ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 老いぼれ
  • 老ぼれ
  • 老耄れ
  • 老耄

Etymology

連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 老 (お)い耄 (ぼ)れる (oiboreru, “to become senile”).

Pronunciation

Noun

老い耄れ (hiragana おいぼれ, rōmaji oibore)

  1. (derogatory or humble) becoming senile, or someone who is senile and confused; dotage; dodderer; dotard

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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